Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice 1:Lincoln Assassination
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. 16th president of united states
2. John Wilkes Booth
3. Fords Theater
4. Happened April of 1865
5. Got shot in the back of the head
Answer these questions about this topic:
1. How did it/will it impact the world?
It was the first presidential assassination ever
2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
It was one of the biggest events to ever happen in U.S history
3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I have always been interest in Lincoln. He was always my favorite president because I believe in what he stood for.
4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
I don’t really personally connect to it other then personal interest in topic Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Anything because there is a lot of documentation on this stuff.
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice 2:LindberghAssassination
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. It happened in Hopewell New jersey
2. Happened on march 1st, 1932
3. Baby was found May 12, 1932
4. Criminal was Bruno Richard Hauptmann
5. Baby of Charles Lindbergh, famous pilot
Answer these questions about this topic:
5. How did it/will it impact the world?
It was the first case where a famous persons baby got kidnapped.
6. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
It was one of the biggest stories of the time period. It is even in museums.
7. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I have always been interest in law and types of cases, so this interests me very much.
8. How do you personally connect with this topic?
My dad is a cop so ive been affected by law very much
I connect because my dad is a police officer and ive grown up with hearing stories like this. Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Mostly internet sites, but I will always look for documentaries on the topic
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
I believe that either one will be easy to find information bout because they are both well know murder cases and very well documented. Whether i'd be going to the library or finding stuff on the internet, i should have no problems.I don’t think I could go wrong on either topic.
2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
I like the Lindbergh trial the best, because I think there is so much more behind it then just a murder. It was the kidnapping, the murder, the ransom notes. There was so much that went into this case.
Topic Choice 1: Lincoln Assassination
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. 16th president of united states
2. John Wilkes Booth
3. Fords Theater
4. Happened April of 1865
5. Got shot in the back of the head
Answer these questions about this topic:
- 1. How did it/will it impact the world?
It was the first presidential assassination ever- 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
It was one of the biggest events to ever happen in U.S history- 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I have always been interest in Lincoln. He was always my favorite president because I believe in what he stood for.- 4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
I don’t really personally connect to it other then personal interest in topicResources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Anything because there is a lot of documentation on this stuff.
Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice 2: Lindbergh Assassination
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. It happened in Hopewell New jersey
2. Happened on march 1st, 1932
3. Baby was found May 12, 1932
4. Criminal was Bruno Richard Hauptmann
5. Baby of Charles Lindbergh, famous pilot
Answer these questions about this topic:
- 5. How did it/will it impact the world?
It was the first case where a famous persons baby got kidnapped.- 6. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
It was one of the biggest stories of the time period. It is even in museums.- 7. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I have always been interest in law and types of cases, so this interests me very much.- 8. How do you personally connect with this topic?
My dad is a cop so ive been affected by law very muchI connect because my dad is a police officer and ive grown up with hearing stories like this.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Mostly internet sites, but I will always look for documentaries on the topic
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
I believe that either one will be easy to find information bout because they are both well know murder cases and very well documented. Whether i'd be going to the library or finding stuff on the internet, i should have no problems.I don’t think I could go wrong on either topic.
- 2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
I like the Lindbergh trial the best, because I think there is so much more behind it then just a murder. It was the kidnapping, the murder, the ransom notes. There was so much that went into this case.